Acts of kindness create bonds that words cannot capture. For 35 years, ROTARY CLUB OF JINJA-D9213 has been a beacon for children at Balitwegomba Home for the Blind, lighting up lives once shadowed by uncertainty. Here, children discover Braille, grow in dignity, and dare to dream

EXPANSION OF SOROTI FRUIT FACTORY IN THE OFFING: The PSST Ramathan Ggoobi has said plans are underway to expand and modernise Soroti Fruit Factory in partnership with a management firm from Ethiopia. Ggoobi said the expansion project will cost about USD 30 million and will take a

PSST Ramathan Ggoobi on a fact finding mission at Soroti Fruit Factory. Ministry of Trade Ug The New Vision Daily Monitor UBC UGANDA NBS Television NTV UGANDA Uganda Media Centre Government Citizen Interaction Centre

ADVANCING THE INDUSTRIAL AGENDA The PSST Ramathan Ggoobi accompanied by the PS Ministry of Trade, Lynette Bagonza, Director Economic Affairs, Moses Kaggwa and other Commissioners yesterday visited Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park to address out standing challenges faced by the Park as

Many enterprises in Uganda remain critically informal, severely limiting these businesses' ability to thrive, exposes workers to precarity and exploitation. Why has informality persisted in Uganda? Join or follow us this Thursday to discuss this issue. #bizformal25

EPRC will make a keynote address at the ongoing Africa Manufacturing Investment Forum at Speak Resort Convention Center.

Thursday November 20, 2025, Economic Policy Research Centre will host a policy dialogue on drivers of informality in Uganda. You can catch the discussion live on #NTV Uganda from 11am EAT #BizFormal2025

EPRC is presenting Africa Manufacturing Forum 2025. Watch live here: youtube.com/watch?v=43bki5…

A thread... 1. Dr. Isaac Shinyekwa EPRC keynote address on; “Building the Foundations – Energy, Transport & Digital Infrastructure for Manufacturing.” Africa has invested significantly in ports, but roads, airports & railway networks perform poorly. #AMIF25, #AIW25

Today EPRC hosted students from Makerere University’s Master of Arts in Economics program. During the visit, the students held a courtesy meeting with EPRC’s Senior staff & discussed career prospects and opportunities at the Centre 1/

EPRC ED Sarah Ssewanyana has kicked off our policy dialogue on informality, noting that informality does not have to be the Ugandan story. There is need to change this path, she said, calling for honest reflections on what must change #BizFormal2025 IBRAHIM KASIRYE

Why has informality persisted in Uganda? We are hosting a policy dialogue on the issue, that government of Uganda says is one of the development challenges it faces. Watch the discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=FyHIz7…

Mr Enyimu Joseph, commissioner at Ministry of Finance, has implored Ugandans to look at business formalisation as a norm. "We should find dignity in registration," he said. #BizFormal2025 EPRC Elizabeth Birabwa a

Acholi and bugisu regions, why commit such high violence on your pregnant spouse. What is driving 5his beyond poverty? EPRC Uganda Police Force Parliament Watch UNFPA Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)

Hon. Beatrice Akello, Minister of State for Economic Monitoring, Office of the President, is giving closing remarks at our informality dialogue. She noted the need for concerted effort, community sensitisation for business formalisation in Uganda ##BizFormal2025 EPRC

Statistics is core to policy and advocay movements. Join Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) to champion generation and EPRC Makerere University to use these statistics to understand our Uganda better.

Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has now a harmonised data portal that the public can use without visiting the bureau. Data use now should for sure increase and not be misused. EPRC Elizabeth Birabwa IBRAHIM KASIRYE United Nations

FOURTH UGANDA EITI REPORT LAUNCHED: Minister of State for Planning Amos Lugoloobi today launched Uganda's 4th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ( EITI) Report for the period FY 2022/23. The report covers the activities in the oil,gas and mining sectors from 1st July

I was honoured to launch the Clinical Research Centre at Kalangala this morning. The launch of the Kalangala Clinical Research Centre by the Makerere University Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) this morning was phenomenal. The Centre brings closer to the people of Kalangala

EPRC successfully hosted a policy dialogue on drivers of informality in Uganda. Participants from a cross-section of the economy #shared views on the best way to get enterprises to formalise their operations #BizFormal2025 1/